Saturday, October 20, 2012

Types of Conflict

Hi! Sorry I haven't posted in a while! We were going over this in class and I thought I'd put it on here.
First, basic types of conflict:
  • Internal- in internal conflict, the character struggles with a emotional or mental problem- maybe their mom has cancer, their brother is dyslexic, or the main character. are anorexic. Their are no other characters harming the main character physically, but it could be that the character is perhaps being gossiped about, which lowers her self esteem. Let's say your story is about  a girl named Susie. The other girls at her school talk about her behind her back, which makes her feel left out and insecure. She begins to feel that she is useless and can't do anything right, which lowers her grades. This is an example of internal conflict. 
  • External- External conflict is when one character is physically harming another. If there was a bully who twisted Susie's arm until she gave him her lunch money, that would be external conflict.
Now, we'll look at some more complicated types.
  • Man versus Man- the main character struggles against another person. Ex. Susie is being bullied, as we said in external conflict.
  • Man versus Society- the main character struggles against society. Ex. Susie is accused of witchcraft and driven out of town.
  • Man versus Self- this is basically internal conflict.
  • Man versus Nature- The character struggles against nature. Ex. Susie gets lost in the wilderness in midwinter. A book like Hatchet.

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